It also imparted tips on stirring, shaking, and citrus zest–slicing techniques. A little card with a glossary of barware and glassware terms was tucked into the box with the recipes. It came with ingredients for three different cocktails, each designed for a different glass. The box I tried was June’s “Celebrate With Bubbles” theme. You can make 12 drinks out of the ingredients in each box, so you can easily polish off most of a bottle in the process. A couple recommendations for a bottle to buy come in an email before your box arrives, including a top-shelf option and a value one. You can thank our country’s arcane liquor laws for that. Before we go any further, you should know that there is no alcohol sent. The box also comes with lemons, sprigs of thyme, a grapefruit and an orange. This July, for example, the theme is “Summer Scotch,” and ingredients include little vials of such exotic-sounding preparations as an IPA tincture, grapefruit saline solution, strawberry cordial, peach-cinnamon syrup, and burnt orange syrup, plus Peychaud’s bitters. Like its dinner equivalents, Shaker & Spoon portions out ingredients to make a precise number of drinks with as little waste as possible. These are supplied by bartenders working in acclaimed cocktail bars across the country. Buried amid the shredded paper that cushions the tastefully labeled glass bottles, you’ll find three cards, each printed with a detailed recipe. It includes syrups, tinctures, bitters, fresh fruit, fresh herbs, even sugar cubes. For $50 a month - less if you sign up for multiple months 12 months for $480 comes out to $5.83 per drink - you’ll get a box built around a particular spirit. The popularity of meal-delivery services like Blue Apron, Plated, and Purple Carrot paved the way for this concept. Now you too can experience a life like mine, thanks to Shaker & Spoon, the craft cocktail delivery service. It’s allowed me to taste big-name mixologists’ cocktails without even leaving my living room. I’ve been the recipient of a cheerfully packed box filled with everything needed to make an elaborate drink, down to the sprigs of fresh herbs for the garnish. The most recent trend in booze marketing, I’ve noticed, is to send an entire cocktail. And people send you bottles to taste at home. There are a lot of free cocktails at fancy bars involved.

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